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Show Book II. CHAP. XXV. (The Cure: of Intermittent Few". The firft inditation denorcth Vomito~ I'lLS. are proper in inter- mitten: FeVLI9. Open'ng a \ tin ISfJOUd in a l'lethr» iitkConflituilO'l, in cali: ol theft rc- vets. Gentle-Purgarives and cooling lulaps may hcfafely a ltiiinifltcd. The futontl ludicaiion ricxtottth good Diet is very brnzfitial iu Ll; scafc. The third Induation is inli‘fifli bySpc. cmtks. c H A P. X X V i. 0f the Cure of Continued Fererr, "I‘He difeafes of the Blood ( afliiéting the Heart) being Intermittent, Continued, and Malignant Fevers, I will now ( having heretofore S to the Cure of Continued Fevers, The one proceedeth from the acs ceflion of the Volatil and fpirituous parts of the Blood, called febris Ephemera. The fecond is produced by the more fulphureous Atoms inflamed, difcourfed their Caufes) propound fome {here means of their Cures, deri- {fyled Continua, as being without any perfect aim/95514. The third kind is ved from formal Indications. ‘ As to the mofl: urgent and chief Indication, That the great eflervefcencc named Malignant, as derived from poyfonous Steams, either precipitating the Blood into ferous Particles, or coagulating its red Craffament or the of the Blood may be taken off, Vomiting, Bleeding, and Purging, are very important. Vomiting Medicines do clear the Stomach of grofs, pituitOUS, Chymous part ( the Matter of Blood) which is found in Folypo (walk, bilious, and acid humors, and put the Ventricle into a good capacity to concoct Aliment by extracting a laudable alimentary Tinéture, which is the Marrria Sub/1mm of Blood, whofe conf'tant decay of Spirits is repaired by good Chyle', whereupon Intermittent Fevers flowing from undue Chyme, are often Cured, or much alleviated in more gentle Paroxyfms; by Vomi< tories alfo the Bilious Recrements are thrown out of the Liver by the common Duet into the Inteliines, whereupon the Blood is rendred more pure as fevered from its adult Particles of Sulphur and Salt. The openinga Veing ina Plethorick conflitution of Body, doth by leffening the quantity of Blood1 give amore nimble Circulation, and alfo an allay to the great Ebullition of Blood, the continent caufe of Fevers. Gentle Purgatives confifring of opening, cooling Medicines, do take away the obftruétions of the Liver, and freely difcharge the bilious humors out of it, and the Blood, and fo rendeteth it cool and deputatecl from its Oily Recrements. The fecond Indication in Intermittent Fevers, is taken from the inhibition of a depraved Chyme, which is performed by exact rules of Diet, that it mightbe thin, and of eafic Concoétion, and not over fweet, oily, and too fpirituous ; So that generous Wines being taken, mufl: be mixed with ferous or watry Liquors, which fubdue the fulphureous and fpirituous parts of the Blood, in reducing it to a good temper by checking its great Ebullition. The third Indication is taking of the Paroxyfm of Intermittent Fevers by proper Specificlts, as by feveral kinds of Decoéia Amara, mixed with fome cooling Julaps; and the Cortex of Tern, a moft powerful and fafe Medicine, may be given after the Body is well prepared by Vomitorics, Purgatives, and Vcnrefeétion, cooling and cordial Julaps, made of Pearl, do highly temper the Blood, and Tef'caceous Powders are proper in Fevers too, as promoting Sweats, and infenfible tranfpiration, breathing out the fiery {teams of the Blood. t " ,_._ , 21 (lay/Io in Ventriculz‘r Contreto. Feirir premera, confifling in the fubtle parts of the Blood inflamed, hath ThtfirflIndi-i three Indications 5 The firit is the Remotion of the Procatartick caufe, as the Fairing}; immoderate heat of the Sun,or afliimption of generous Wines, playing in hot "m Baths, violent exercife, and the like. . The lbcond Indication in this Fever fuppofeth the thin oily parts of the Hitachi?" Blood to be allayed by cooling Juleps, or difculfed by plentiful Sweats, or a thisrcvérfree infenfible tranfpirarion. The third denoreth a deflagration of the Blood, in reducing it to its pro- (1135:2319 per temper and mixtion, by the perfeét aflimilation of the Chyme into thisninarc, Blood, and the fecretion of its Recrcments in various Colatories, which is accomplilhed by Blood-letting (making good its Motion ) as alfo by a thin Diet, and temperate Aperient, Diuretick, and Sudorifick Medicines difcharging the Blood from its inflamed Volatil, and more grofs feculent Particles. As to the Therapeutick of a Continued Fever of many days, it is made The Ind? up chiefly of three Intentions, in the firft it is requifite to quench the fiery ful- 331.0535: phureous parts of the Blood, or at leafi: to mitigate them, which is the fe- Fm" cond 5 and the third is, to throw off the adufi Recrements, when the deflagration of the Blood is very much alayed, ' About the beginning of this Fever, gentle Clyfiers may be adminifired, Cliflcrwlw and Bleeding too is very proper, in a Plethorick Body, to leffen the mafs of iiiilggitiiiismi Blood enraged with inflammatory minute fulphureous Particles, and a fpare 2127‘" Pm" Diet is to be ufed, made of thin Broths, prepared with cooling Herbs, as alfo f'trained Barley-Cruel, W ater-Gruel, Barley-Cream, and thelike. And in the increafe of this Difeafe, if the Pulfe be high, and the VeITels 3:21:29," much diPtended with Blood, attended with a want of Sleep and great pain of a ritmrick the Head, 3. Vein may be opened the fecond time, and blii'tering Plaifiers ap- Shi'fli'dig plied between the Shoulders, and to the infide of the Arms, Thighs, Legs, °"""D"""" Salt of Cardmtr, or Wormwood given with Conferves of Wood Sorrel, as alfo in a Specifick Menflruum, mixed with a few drops of Oyl of Vitriol, and Cataplafms to the Feet. In the flare of :1 Continued Fever, Bleeding is not fo proper, except in a moft exuberant mafs of Blood, attended with a @brerzitir, Algizziz, fPeri/leu- or Sulphur, which do give a check, and often take away the Firs of Intermittent Fevers, by appeafing the immoderatc heat and fermentation of thfi‘ mania, (Pleuritnpr fome other great inflammation of the Vifceriz ', and a mofi: Biood. {lender Diet is [0 be obferved in the height of this Fever, lef'c Nature being overpowered with Aliment hard of Concoflion, {hould be diverted from its ‘ I"""I'Cr Work of conquering the Difeafe, by making a Secretion of the adufl: ‘rom the more refined parts of the Blood, and by difcharging them by gentle BEES???" SNtf‘uts through the Cutaneous Glands and their Excretory Ducts retail-12min" liiifll‘g into the outward Skin. L 9 [I i. |